I’ve worked with the military for 17 years, so I’m very familiar with the Airman’s motto, “"Integrity first, Service before self, Excellence in all we do."This weekend, I saw a kind stranger take that motto beyond the call of duty, showing that Airman’s core values are lived outside Robins’ gates.Our family was on the way home from celebrating my

Regardless of your profession, many of us have all been in positions defining the required "Leadership" and "Management" qualifications as an expectation of our ability to execute our office. But like many things, no two are alike and not one will prevail without the help of another.

A Key Spouse Program can make the difference between an ordinary Air Force squadron and an extraordinary squadron. The adage that the Air Force recruits individuals but retains families is woven into the foundation of every successful key spouse program. My philosophy for implementing a successful squadron program starts with a close exploration

This month we honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a civil rights leader, a courageous patriot and a man of integrity who espoused peaceful actions to obtain equality for African Americans in this country. Our nation’s founding fathers enshrined the idea of equal rights for all Americans in the Declaration of Independence: “We hold these truths to be

So often, we take the blessings in our lives for granted. Whether it’s the expectation we’ll wake up in the morning or the notion that we’ll come home safely to our families at the end of each day, most of us are guilty of viewing these and countless other blessings as if they were guarantees. We complain about things more than we boast about the

'We can't solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them."-- Albert Einstein " ... the authority of a thousand is not worth the humble reasoning of a single individual."-- Galileo GalileiI am of two minds when considering my time writing about leadership philosophy. On the one hand, I am bewildered as to what

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work. -Thomas A. Edison. Thomas A. Edison, is probably most well-known for his invention of the light bulb. What many don’t know is that he was a spectacular failure. He truly understood that no great success was achieved without failure along the way. Unfortunately, not everyone will be a